The accused kingpin, Satyanarayana Miryala, has been arrested. His interrogation has revealed that he was operating a large, countrywide network of booking agents to corner all tatkal seats through his quick-fire booking software.

The visa bond pilot programme will apply to nationals of 23 countries, excluding India, and will be in force for six months from Christmas Eve. The B1 and B2 visa applicants are affected. The bond will make up the costs of deporting foreign nationals who overstay, says the Government.

This was the first of the eight-phased District Development Council (DDC) election and this is the first time any election is being held after the creation of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Film Federation of India (FFI) has made the announcement that the Malayalam movie will be India's official entry for Academy awards in the foreign section. Jallikattu is the third Malayalam film to be chosen as the country’s official entry for the Oscars after Guru (1997) and Adaminte Makan Abu (2011). The FFI made a selection from a shortlist of 27 films.

The scientist was seriously wounded in the attack that targeted his car and in an exchange of fire with his bodyguards in Absard, to the east of Tehran, on Friday. Fakhrizadeh later died in the hospital. Iran accuses "the mercenaries of the oppressive Zionist regime" (Israel).

The Home Ministry has issued new guidelines allowing the States and Union Territories to impose restrictions such as night curfew. In Delhi, the average deaths a day during the month due to coronavirus has crossed 100 and 6,000 cases are being reported on a day.

Education in some engineering courses in selected IITs and NITs will be imparted in the 'mother-tongue' of the area from next year, Pokhriyal tweeted.The syllabus of next JEE and NEET will be revised keeping in view the situation created by covid, he assured.

Cox & Kings owes Rs 5,500 crore to various banks, including YES Bank. Various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act have been slapped on its promoter and other executives by the ED. The CBI has also filed FIR against the company on complaints. Corporate insolvency resolution process is going on against the company.

Faqir Chand Kohli became the first to launch computer application in India when he started a computer control system for the electric line between Mumbai and Pune in early 1950s. He was the founder and the first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Kohli was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002.

The Supreme Court, taking suo motu cognizance of the fire incident in a Rajkot covid hospital that claimed six lives on Friday morning, asked the Centre and the Gujarat Government to file a report. "It can't just be an inquiry and report. Those who are responsible must be brought to book," the apex court remarked. The fire broke out in the ICU section of Uday Shivanand Hospital. Thirty other patients were rescued by the fire brigade.

The pilot missing after the crash of MiG-29K trainer aircraft in the Arabian sea is Lt Cdr Nishant Singh. Search operations were continuing on Friday. The aircraft had taken off for a sortie from aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. The MiGs are Russia-made.

Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in the city on October 15 and it was in force till November 25. The extension is in view of the spurt in coronavirus cases and the forthcoming Sufi festival Gyarvi Shareef and Kartik Poornima/Gurunanak Jayanti.

A tiger roaming the periphery of the Kaziranga National Park and attacking people has been posted on the social media. The villagers are spending sleepless nights in Sonitpur. No one without special permit of the magistrate is allowed to go out of their houses in order to prevent loss of life.

Congress leader Ahmed Patel had suffered complications from coronavirus infection and had been under treatment since October 1. He had been in the ICU in Medanta hospital for about a fortnight and had been put on ventilator. His son Faisal tweeted in the wee hours of Wednesday that his father is no more.

A severe cyclone is approaching the Tamil Nadu coast and is likely to make landfall Wednesday evening between Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Karaikal in Puducherry. According to weatherman, the storm and accompanying heavy rain will devastate vast swathes of coastal areas. All Government offices are shut on Wednesday. PM Modi has assured both the Chief Ministers of Central assistance. A 24-hour emergency centre has been established to send out Government's alerts as SMS and through WhatsApp. Contact numbers for assistance in emergencies are 044-28888105 and 7338895011.

The covid testing mobile lab is an initiative of SpiceJet's SpiceHealth subsidiary in association with the ICMR. It can test 1,000 samples a day and charges Rs 499, against the current prevailing market rate of Rs 2,400 for a RT-PCR test and the results will be given in 6 hours. Normally it takes 24 to 48 hours to know the result.

As the toll among the doctors in Faridabad dying due to coronavirus has reached four, the IMA has asked the medical professionals to strictly follow the protocols. The body had earlier accused the Centre of not collecting up to date information on the status of health workers serving the people throughout the country.

The Ordinance had sought to empower police to make arrests without warrant anyone it finds guilty of making or spreading defamatory, derogatory or 'offensive' posts and contents in social and other media. The apex court had earlier struck down another, similar law enacted by the State Government, Section 118(d) of the Kerala Police Act, as also Section 66A of the IT Act. Sections of people question the Ordinance as mala fide.